“Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl
who fights - gee, what a wonder - but also I have more to offer than
that.” Maggie Q.

A former fashion model initially gained fame in Hong Kong, Maggie
Q gained fame in America for her roles in such American blockbusters
as “Rush Hour 2” (2001), “Around the World in 80
Days” (2004), and “Mission: Impossible III” (2006).
She recently appeared in "Live Free or Die Hard" (2007),
"Balls of Fury" (2007), and "Deception" (2008).
Maggie will next be seen in the upcoming films "New York, I Love
You" and "Rogue's Gallery."

“When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's
not like you arrive and they say, "Hey, come on! Do movies!"
I can't just be hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make
sure that I put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could
lose it like that.” Maggie Q.

“I used to get really bothered and depressed about what the
press wrote about me, but not anymore. They are always making up
these fantastical stories about me and the men I go out with.”
Maggie Q.

Maggie Denise

Childhood and Family:

“I've tried to stay who I am, and family and friends still
say I haven't changed. To me, that's the greatest compliment.”
Maggie Q.

Daughter of a Vietnamese mother (a property investor) and
Polish-Irish American father who met when he was stationed in
Vietnam, Maggie Denise Quigley was born on May 22, 1979 in Honolulu,
Hawaii. The youngest of five children, she has two older
half-siblings from her mother's previous marriage in Vietnam, and two
older sisters.

“My parents are proud of me today, not because I'm a 'star'
but rather, it's that whatever I've achieved, I've worked and done it
myself.” Maggie Q.

She attended Mililani High School with Traycee King and traveled
to Japan and Hong Kong to become a fashion model after graduation.
She would later shorten her last name from Quigley to Q in order to
make it easier for Chinese audiences to pronounce.

On how she got her name shortened to just Maggie Q, she explained,
“What happened was when I was living and working in Hong Kong,
one of the biggest newspapers there when they first started writing
about me, around seven/eight years ago, they couldn't pronounce my
last name. I think to them it was just like, 'Oh, uh.' And so they
printed Q, Maggie Q. And because it was a big paper, everyone
followed them.”

Maggie is a vegetarian. She reportedly had dated actor-singer
Daniel Wu, Edison Chen, Satoshi Rivers, Daniel Henney, and Japanese
soccer player Hidetoshi Nakata.

“All the loves in my life, my dogs are the greatest loves of
my life. I mean, no man could ever compare to my dogs,
unfortunately.” Maggie Q.

Live Free or Die Hard

Career:

At the age of 18, after graduating high school, Maggie Q traveled
to Japan and Hong Kong to become a fashion model. Thanks to her
unique look, Maggie soon became a popular attraction and went on to
grace the covers of major publications, including various Asian
editions of Time, Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Madame Figaro,
Marie Claire, and Elle.

In 1998, Maggie got her first role in the highly acclaimed Asian
television drama “House of the Dragon” and was offered
her first big-screen role in 1999's “The Legendary Tai Fei.”
Since she could not actually speak Cantonese, Maggie had to learn all
of her lines phonetically and some lines in her first several Hong
Kong films may have been dubbed.

Entering the new millennium, Maggie co-starred in the Hong Kong
comedy/horror movie "Gui ming mo" (aka. "Model from
Hell") and played the female lead as an FBI agent named Jane in
the Hong Kong action movie produced by Jackie Chan, "Tejing
xinrenlei 2" (2000; aka. "Gen-X Cops 2: Metal Mayhem"),
with Mark Hicks and Paul Rudd.

In the following year, she was cast by Chan in his award-winning
action/thriller film "Manhattan Midnight" (2001) and played
a small role as a girl in a car in her first American film, Brett
Ratner-directed action comedy "Rush Hour 2" (2001),
starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. She was subsequently cast as
Charlene, one of the world's most sought after professional killers,
in Hong Kong’s box-office smash "Chek law dak gung"
(2002; aka. “Naked Weapon”). She also briefly appears
kissing another girl behind Santana and Michelle Branch at the
beginning of the music video "The Game Of Love" (2002).

"I did once knock out a cameraman on set. I accidentally
nailed him with a kick that sent him flying. Luckily the camera was
okay." Maggie Q.

Maggie continued to add to her resume with roles in the comedy "Yi
wu liang huo" (2003; aka. "The Trouble-Makers"),
playing Miss Clary, a lovely unemployed fashion designer, and in the
romantic comedy "Moh waan chue fong" (2004; aka. "Magic
Kitchen"). She also teamed up with Chan again in 2004 for the
comedy/adventure film based on Jules Verne's novel, “Around
the World in 80 Days,” playing a female agent.

In 2005, Maggie played the titular role of Harmony in the
German-Singapore two-part television movie "Barbara Wood - Das
Haus der Harmonie" (aka. “House of Harmony”),
opposite leading Singaporean actress Fann Wong. Afterward, she
appeared in the horror/thriller film "The Counting House"
(2006) and starred opposite Tom Cruise in the highly anticipated
“Mission: Impossible III” (2006), playing Zhen Lei, the
only female member of Ethan Hunt's team.

“I always play these tough roles. I never smile, I'm never
sort of happy or laughing... I think I have yet to have an on-screen
persona that has anything to do with Maggie, the real Maggie.”
Maggie Q.

During this time, Maggie also posed for renowned Singaporean
photographer Leslie Kee for Kee's 2006 charity photo-book "Super
Stars," which was dedicated to the victims of the 2004 Asian
tsunami disaster. It consists of photographs of 300 Asian celebrities
by Kee.

Returning to the big screen, Maggie was cast as Mai Linh, the
girlfriend of a brilliant computer hacker and ex-NSA agent (played by
Timothy Olyphant), in Len Wiseman's action film starring Bruce
Willis, “Live Free or Die Hard” (2007), without an
audition. That same year, she also starred opposite Dan Fogler,
George Lopez, and Christopher Walken in Robert Ben Garant's sports
comedy film, “Balls of Fury."

"I got smashed in the face with a piece of two-by-four, which
left one side of my face completely black for two weeks. I'm also
deaf in one ear where my eardrum was blown out in an explosive
stunt." Maggie Q.

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